Kia Niro Hybrid Owner's Manual page 357

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• If the display continues to blink,
for your safety, we recommend
that you contact an authorized Kia
dealer.
• Under certain conditions such as
repeated launch on steep grades,
the clutch in the transmission
could overheat.
When the clutch is overheated, the
safe protection mode engages. If
the safe protection mode engages,
the gear position indicator on the
cluster blinks with a chime sound.
At this time, a warning message
( Transmission temp. is high! Stop
safely , Trans hot! Park with en‐
gine on , Trans Cooling. Remain
parked for 00 min. , Trans Cooled.
Resume driving ) will appear on
the LCD display and driving may
not be smooth.
If you ignore this warning, the
driving condition may
worse. To return the normal driv‐
ing condition, stop the vehicle and
apply the foot brake for a few mi‐
nutes before driving off.
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• Gear shifts may be more noticea‐
ble than a conventional automatic
transmission. This is a normal
characteristic of this type of dual
clutch transmission.
• During the
(1,000 miles), you may feel that
the vehicle may not be smooth
when accelerating at low speed.
During this break-in period, the
shift quality and performance of
your new vehicle is continuously
optimized.
• Always come to a complete stop
before shifting into D (Drive) or R
(Reverse).
• Do not put the shift lever in N
(Neutral) while driving.
• To avoid damage to your trans‐
axle, do not try to accelerate in R
(Reverse) or any forward gear po‐
become
sition with the brakes on.
• When stopped on slope, do not
hold the vehicle with accelerator
pedal. Use the service brake or the
parking brake.
The indicator in the instrument cluster
displays the shiýt lever position when
the iþnition switch is in the ON position.
P (Park)
Always come to a complete stop beýore
shiýtinþ into P (Park).
To shiýt ýrom P (Park), you must de‐
first 1,500 km
press ýirmly on the brake pedal and
make sure your ýoot is oýý the acceler‐
ator pedal.
The shiýt lever must be in P (Park) be‐
ýore turninþ the enþine oýý.
• Shifting into P (Park) while the ve‐
hicle is in motion may cause you to
lose control of the vehicle.
• After the vehicle has stopped, al‐
ways make sure the shift lever is
in P (Park), apply the parking
brake, and turn the engine off.
• Do not use the P (Park) position in
place of the parking brake.
R (Reverse)
Use this position to drive the vehicle
backward.
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